Selma F Bartlett Elementary School

It was sooo fun i made many friends

Everything was good for three years then I made a teacher mad at me. It was like the entire school disliked us and my son lost all his friends and all the students started calling him the trouble maker. My son is polite and is very smart in gate. The teacher would never give me any info about why he wasn't getting better grades or how I could help. When I brought it up twice with the principal he just said it was my sons fault. A lot of politics. They care about fundraisers ALOT. Must be one every other day. Plus testing, but not the kids. Horrible experience this year. Its really turned into a not nice place. We are seeking a charter/private school asap.

All my experiences have been positive dealing with the school staff.

My son attended here briefly as a little guy, while we lived in the area, temporarily. He is a gifted student and made good grades at Bartlett, however, he can be quirky and struggles with speech pragmatics. For example, he was sent to the principal's office once for something relatively minor. The story told to me was that he was sitting in the principal's office reading a newspaper when the vice principle walked in. My son didn't look up or acknowledge her and so she spoke up to get his attention and introduced herself as the vice principle. My son then looked up and told her he was there to see the principal, not the vice principal. The vice principal disliked this very much and lit into him with much disapproval. My son then began to cry with fear and anxiety because he had no idea why she was angry. I got absolutely no where when I tried to discuss his history of developmental differences with them--they seemed not to understand at all, stressing his defiance when truly he was not. My belief is that this is not a good school for children with developmental differences as they seem not to be educated in this regard. On the other hand, he loved his sweet teacher and still speaks of her fondly. He loves to hear the story about what happened that day in the principal's office and always says--I was only telling the TRUTH! Academically, the school is good but not impressive, though, I tend to be a little particular in this regard.